PHOTOGRAPHER’S JOURNAL: Storm clouds and crisp, blue days and nights have produced a picture-perfect autumn. Whenever I leave my house the hillsides are dazzling, but I have not yet taken a picture of them. This morning I found myself in the abandoned yards beside the old Benedict & Burnham powerhouse. The Naugatuck River winds through the old, abandoned factory compound.The sagging roof across the river in the background on the right dates from before the Civil War, I’m told. Behind are the slopes and gables of Waterbury’s Brooklyn. Only Autumn and graffiti are thriving here, and I enjoyed both shows.
IMAGINE what this site might become once the toxic waste is gone.
2 comments:
Before the Civil War??? Man, that's "age" for America. :)
It's certainly old for industrial buildings. Industry didn't begin to grow in this valley really until about 1830, and the Civil War created the first real boom in which there was serious expansion. Yes, this is first generation.
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